Curtain-pole fixture



(No Model.)

C. H. MORGAN. CURTAIN POLE FIXTURE.

Patented Apr. 15, 1890.

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CHARLES H. MORGAN, OF W'EST CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 425,688, dated April 15,1890.

I Application led December '7, 1889. Serial No. 332,945. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. MORGAN, of lVest Chester, in the county of Chester and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Curtain-Pole Fixture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in fixtures adapted to be applied to curtains that slide upon a pole, and the object of my invention is to provide a simple and convenient means of sliding a curtain upon the pole from which it is suspended, and to do it in such a manner that the curtain will not be worn or torn by the operation.

To this end my invention consists in a case carrying spring-rollers adapted to be attached to the curtain-pole, said rollers being provided with cords extending through the sides of the case, connecting with the curtain-rings and dropping within easy reach of a person standing upon the iioor, and a retaining device attached to the curtain-pole and adapted to retain the cord and thus hold the curtains in any desired position. This construction will be hereinafter fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate correspondingr parts in all the figures.

Figure lis a side elevation of a pair of curtains suspended from a pole and provided with my invention, the case and rollers and the part of the pole to which the case is attached being in section; Fig. 2, an enlarged longitudinal section of the roller-case and one of the rollers on the line Q0 Qc of Fig. 3 Fig. 3, a vertical cross-section of the case and rollers on the line y y of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 a vertical section of the device for retaining the curtain-cord.v

The curtains A are suspended from the pole B by the rings C in the usual manner, and the rings C are fastened together by a cord a, so that they will be spaced regularly upon the pole B, and will all be moved by the cord l), as hereinafter described. The rings C may be provided at the top with smaller rings C', towhich the cords a and b may be attached.

The case D, having the spring-actuated rollers d pivoted therein by the shafts e, is provided with a screw-shank f, by which it is attached to the top of the pole B, although it may be attached in any suitable manner. v

One end of the shaft e is flattened upon the sides, and a spring-arm g, attached to the side of the case D, engages the flattened end of the shaft and prevents it from turning with the roller d. The rollers d are connected with the shaft e by a spiral spring, as in ordinary springrollers, and the shaft e is only turned when the spring is to be tightened. Attached to the rollers d is a cord b, which passes over the pulleys Zt, which are attached to the inside of the case D to prevent friction, out through a slot in the side of the case D to the first ring C, to which it is attached at the point Z. It then passes th rough the retaining-piece E, and falls beside the curtain A, where it may be easily grasped'to operate the curtain. The retaining-piece Eis attached to the ends of the pole B, and is provided with a slot in which is pivoted the pawl h, which is held in closed position against the top of the slot by the spring t', which presses against it. The pawl h is held open by the cord j, which is attached thereto and which falls beside the cord b. The cord b passes between the pawl h and the top of* the slot in which it is pivoted, so that when the pawl is closed it will shut upon the cord l), and thus hold it in any desired position.

Vhen a curtain is to be opened, the cord b is pulled down, and this acting on the inner curtain-ring will force that against the next ring, and so on, until all the rings C and the curtain attached thereto are forced over to the end of the pole B, and upon releasing the cord b the pawl 7L will close upon it and hold it in the position in which it then is. To close the curtain the pawl h is released from the cord b by means of the cord j. The spring-rollers d will then revolve, winding the cord b upon them and drawing the curtain-rings C and the curtain A toward the case D until the inner ring strikes against the case.

I have shown a case D provided with two springrollers and attached to the center of the pole B, so as to operate two curtains; but if a pole is provided with but one curtain, the case D will need but one spring-roller and will be attached to one end of the pole.

Having thus described my invention, what ICO I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with a curtain-pole, of a case attached thereto, having spring-actuated rollers pivoted therein, and suitable cords connecting With said rollers and with the curtain-rings, and falling beside the curtains, I

\ whereby the curtains may be opened and closed, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with 'a curtain-pole, of a case attached to the pole, having springactuatedrollers pivoted therein,suitable cords attached to said rollers and to the curtainrings, so that the ends of the cords will fall beside the-curtains, and a retaining device for holding the cords in a desired position, substantially as described.

CHARLES H. MORGAN. Witnesses:

T. C. WILLIAMS, J. T. HARKNEss. 

